Top of the 8th

Josh Donaldson flied out to right. None on with one out and Derek Norris due up.

Walk

Derek Norris walked. Runner on first with one out and Josh Reddick due up.

Walk

Josh Reddick walked. Runners on first and second with one out and Nate Freiman due up.

Substitution

Brandon Moss is Pinch-Hitting for Nate Freiman.

Out

Pinch-Hitter Brandon Moss struck out swinging. Runners on first and second with two outs and Luke Montz due up.

Substitution

John Jaso is Pinch-Hitting for Luke Montz.

Out

Pinch-Hitter John Jaso grounded out second to first to end the inning.

Bottom of the 8th

Play Type

Play

Substitution

John Jaso stays in the game as the designated hitter.

Single

Brett Gardner bunt singled to pitcher. Runner on first with none out and Robinson Cano due up.

Substitution

Sean Doolittle enters the game for the Athletics with a runner on first and none out.

Out

Robinson Cano flied out to left. Runner on first with one out and Vernon Wells due up.

Out

Vernon Wells grounded into a double play, third to second to first. On the play, Brett Gardner out at second to end the inning.

Top of the 9th

Play Type

Play

Out

Adam Rosales grounded out third to first. None on with one out and Seth Smith due up.

Out

Seth Smith struck out swinging. None on with two outs and Jed Lowrie due up.

Single

Jed Lowrie singled to left. Runner on first with two outs and Yoenis Cespedes due up.

Out

Yoenis Cespedes struck out swinging to end the inning.

Bottom of the 9th

Play Type

Play

Out

Travis Hafner struck out swinging. None on with one out and Ichiro Suzuki due up.

Out

Ichiro Suzuki grounded out short to first. None on with two outs and Eduardo Nunez due up.

Substitution

Grant Balfour enters the game for the Athletics with none on and two out.

Out

Eduardo Nunez struck out swinging to end the game.

Recap: NY Yankees vs. Oakland

Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - Adam Rosales took CC Sabathia's first pitch over the left-field fence and A.J. Griffin did the rest over seven-plus scoreless innings as the Oakland Athletics downed the New York Yankees, 2-0, in the opener of a three-game series.

Griffin (3-2), who allowed 11 earned runs over his previous two outings, limited New York to six hits with one walk and four strikeouts before Sean Doolittle and Grant Balfour finished off the shutout.

Jed Lowrie and Nate Freiman each had three hits while Derek Norris knocked in a run for Oakland, which opened its season-long 10-game road trip with its fourth win in five games.

The A's worked the count on Sabathia all night and knocked the left-handed starter out after six innings. Sabathia (4-3) gave up two runs on eight hits -- seven singles -- and two walks while fanning six in defeat.

"I felt like I had good stuff, they just did a good job of putting good at- bats together and running my pitch count up," Sabathia said.

His first pitch of the game was sent into the left-field seats by Rosales, who sprinted around the bases to celebrate his first career leadoff homer.

Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano made a terrific backhand up the middle and threw out Lowrie by a half-step to strand two runners in the fifth, but the A's tacked on a run in the sixth.

Yoenis Cespedes worked a leadoff walk and raced to third when Josh Donaldson hit one off the top of the right-field wall. Ichiro Suzuki threw out Donaldson trying to stretch his hit into a double, and Norris followed with a run- scoring line drive single to left.

The A's left two runners on again and didn't muster anything against reliever Adam Warren, but Griffin made the lead stand by holding the Yankees without a hit in six chances with runners in scoring position.